Every year has it's share of let downs,and 2008 was no exception. There were many mentions of words like "near miss" and "abortion", but no films were bigger shots to the sack than films like The Dark Knight and Iron Man. That's not to say that all the films were bad, but for this article, i'd like to focus on the movies that were not up to par, my most dissapointing films of 2008.
Every year has it's share of let downs,and 2008 was no exception. There were many mentions of words like "near miss" and "abortion", but no films were bigger shots to the sack than films like The Dark Knight and Iron Man. That's not to say that all the films were bad, but for this article, i'd like to focus on the movies that were not up to par, my most dissapointing films of 2008.
1. Zach and Miri Make a Porno
Kevin Smith has always had potential, which he seemed to realize with Clerks 2. After many films of obscene talking and foul mouthed fun, he took it to the next level with the inclusion of donkey fucking. When i heard his next film would be called Zach and Miri make a porno, i got excited, feeling that Smith would finally transcend his bland ways and make some real good offensive filmmaking. But what we got was a by the book romantic comedy with nothing more than some implied anal sex and vaginal soap bubbles. Were was the stained panties? Where were the other 6 orifices? The tentacles? Besides one good scene of a man being painted in feces, it was a complete dissapointment. Kevin Smith has proven he's too tame for mainstream audiences.
2. Iron Man
Wealthy white industrailist creates a suit made up of technology made in cina and uses it to harass Asian warlords trying to bring order to shiftless layabouts and kills them, and the American people hail him as a hero. At least Robert Downey Jr played Stark realistically as a drunk. Iron Man is nothing but cliche and stereotype.
3. The Dark Knight
Deja Vu? Wealthy white industrialist? High tech suit? Coming into asia and abusing Chinese citizens? Ridiculous. Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker was fantastic, but once again the film shows just how hollow the American sense of vigilante justice really is. I eagerly await the next comic book franchise brought to film where some psychologically tortured spoiled brat buys himself a suit and randomly throws Koreans through plate glass windows.
4. Pineapple Express
I was extremely entertained by this movie until i found out it was not a documentary.
Next week, the 8 Best Movies of 2008
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